Souvenir badge

ABSTRACT

A high pull-out force of souvenir badge includes a magnetically attractive badge body that shows a design and has a pointed stem for piercing a nonmetal sheet member, for example, a clothe or the visor of a sports cap, and a positioning block made of a magnet and having a positioning hole for receiving the pointed stem to secure the badge body to the nonmetal sheet member by means of magnetic attraction between the badge body and the positioning block.

This application is a Continuation-In-Part of my patent application Ser. No. 11/746,068, filed on May 9, 2007.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to badges and more particularly, to a souvenir badge, which comprises a badge body made of a magnetically attractive material with a particular shape to show a design, and a positioning block made of a magnet for attracting the badge body to secure the badge body to an object.

2. Description of the Related Art

A badge is a device presented or displayed to indicate some feat of service, a special accomplishment, a symbol of authority, a sign of legitmate employment or student status, or to tell other something interesting about you. They are also used in advertising and publicity. Like coins and stamps, badges have become highly collectible: Monument badge is one of the popular badges functions. When a new monument is established, the landscape owner or management authority may issue a badge for memory. For example, when Hong Kong Disneyland is opened, it becomes a hot landsacpe in Asia. While visiting this landscape, visitors usually will buy a souvenir badge from the shops in Disneyland.

Further, when a local, national, or international festival, cultral activity or sports activity is held, the organization in charge may also issue souvenir badges for collection. Since Athens Olympic, it has become a convention of the Olympic games to issue souvenir badges. Generally an Olympic souvenir badge is a circular copper plate carrying the Olympic logo, the symbol of the holding city, and other marks concerned.

Further, modern people have critical requirements for badges. In addition to practical use, beauty, innovation and unique feature are the main factors to attract people to buy a badge. To compete in market, it is necessary to provide a creative design. Further, many souvenir badges are commercially available. A conventional souvenir badge is known comprising a badge body and a positioning block. The badge body has a downwardly extending stem that has a pointed tip. The positioning block has a center hole and a plurality of springy clamping portions. During installation, press the springy clamping portions and insert the stem of the badge body into the center hole of the positioning block, and then release the hand from springy clamping portions after insertion of the stem of the badge body into the center hole of the positioning block to have the springy clamping portions secure the stem to the positioning block. This design of souvenir badge is still not satisfactory in function. Because the stem has a smooth surface, the positioning block may be unable to secure the badge body in place when the clamping force of the springy clamping portions begins to deteriorate. Further, a souvenir badge generally has a small size, it is not easy to accurately insert the stem of the badge body into the center hole of the positioning block at the first attempt. When inserting the stem of the badge body into the center hole of the locating bloc, the pointed tip of the stem of the badge body may injure the user's hand accidentally. When pressing the springy clamping portions and detaching the badge body from the positioning block, the pointed tip of the stem of the badge body may also injure the user's hand accidentally.

Therefore, it is desirable to provide a souvenir badge, which eliminates the aforesaid drawbacks.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention has been accomplished under the circumstances in view. It is therefore the main object of the present invention to provide a souvenir badge, which has high pull-out force, assuring quick and positive positioning. It is another object of the present invention to provide a souvenir badge, which is inexpensive to manufacture and safety to use.

To achieve these and other objects of the present invention, a souvenir badge comprises a badge body and a positioning block. The badge body is made of a magnetically attractive material, having a head and a stem perpendicularly extending from the bottom side of the head for fastening the badge body to a nonmetal sheet member. The head can be made in any of a variety of shapes to show a symbol or design. The positioning block is made of a magnet, having a positioning hole for receiving the stem of the badge body. By means of inserting the stem of the badge body through a nonmetal sheet member and capping the positioning block with its positioning hole onto the stem, the badge body and the positioning block are secured to the nonmetal sheet member by a magnetic attractive force between the badge body and the positioning block. Because the badge body and the positioning block are simple in structure, they are easy and inexpensive to manufacture.

Further, the stem of the badge body can be made having a pointed tip. By means of the pointed tip, the stem can easily be inserted through a nonmetal sheet member. Further, by means of magnetic attraction between the badge body and the positioning block, the pointed tip of the stem can be inserted into the positioning hole of the positioning block quickly and accurately with low insertion force, avoiding accidental injury.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a souvenir badge in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 2 illustrates an application example of the souvenir badge shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 illustrates another application example of the souvenir badge shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 illustrates still another application example of the souvenir badge shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 illustrates still another application example of the souvenir badge shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 is an exploded view of an alternative form of the souvenir badge according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Referring to FIG. 1, a souvenir badge 1 in accordance with the present invention is shown comprising a badge body 11 and a positioning block 12. The badge body 11 has a head 111, and at least one stem 112 perpendicularly extended from the bottom side of the head 111 at the center. According to this embodiment, the badge body 11 has one stem 112. The stem 112 is a round rod having a pointed tip 113. Further, the badge body 11 is made of a magnetically attractive material, for example, iron or steel.

The positioning block 12 is a magnet that produces a magnetic field that attracts the badge body 11. Further, the positioning block 12 has a positioning hole 121.

Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3 and FIG. 1, by means of the pointed tip 113, the stem 112 can be inserted through a sports cap 2 to keep the head 111 in close contact with the outer surface of the sports cap 2, and then the positioning block 12 can be capped with its positioning hole 121 on the pointed tip 113 of the stem 112 and closely attached to the inner surface of the sports cap 2 to attract the badge body 11 by means of magnetic attraction and to further secure the souvenir badge 1 to the sports cap 2.

Referring to FIG. 4, the souvenir badge 1 can be fastened to a user's clothe 3 by: forcing the stem 112 through the user's clothe 3 and then capping the positioning block 12 with its positioning hole 121 onto the pointed tip 113 of the stem 112 to have the badge body 11 and the positioning block 12 be respectively disposed at the outer and inner sides of the user's clothe 3 and attract each other by means of magnetic attraction. Further, the stem 112 of the badge body 11 may be made having a plain free end for direct insertion into the positioning hole 121 of the positioning block 12, avoiding accidental injury.

Referring to FIG. 5, the positioning block 12 can be directly embedded in the visor 21 of a sports cap 2. The user can pierce the pointed tip 113 of the stem 112 of the badge body 11 through the visor 21 of the sports cap 2 and force the pointed tip 113 into the positioning hole 121 of the positioning block 12, enabling the badge body 11 to be secured to the positioning block 12 in the visor 21 of the sports cap 2 by means of magnetic attraction.

FIG. 6 is an exploded view of an alternative form of the present invention. According to this embodiment, the souvenir badge 1 is comprised of a badge body 11 and two positioning blocks 12. The badge body 11 has a head 111, and two stems 112 perpendicularly extending from the bottom side of the head 111. The head 111 shows a pattern, for example, the geographical shape of Taiwan. The two stems 112 are arranged in parallel for insertion through the cloth or fabric of a device, each having a pointed tip 113. The positioning blocks 12 each have a positioning hole 121 for receiving the stems 112 to secure the badge body 11 to the cloth or fabric body of the device by means of a magnetic attractive force between the badge body 11 and the positioning blocks 12.

As stated above, a souvenir badge in accordance with the present invention comprises a magnetically attractive badge body, which has a head and at least one bottom stem, and at least one positioning block for receiving the at least one bottom stem of the magnetically attractive badge body and magnetically attracting the magnetically attractive badge body. The head of the badge body can be made in any of a variety of shapes to show a design.

In general, the invention provides a souvenir badge that has the following advantages:

1. By means of magnetic attraction between the badge body 11 and the positioning block 12, the souvenir badge has a high pull-out force, and therefore the souvenir badge can be firmly fastened to a device (for example, a sports cap 2 or user's clothe 3). The souvenir badge 1 when installed in a device (for example, the sports cap 2 or user's clothe 3), it decorates the device, and shows a commercial value in addition to the artistic value.

2. By means of the pointed tip 113, the stem 112 of the badge body 11 can pierce a certain thickness of fabric or the like easily, and by means of magnetic attraction between the badge body 11 and the positioning block 12, the pointed tip 113 of the stem 112 can be quickly and accurately inserted into the positioning hole 121 of the positioning block 12 with low insertion force, avoiding accidental injury.

Although particular embodiments of the invention have been described in detail for purposes of illustration, various modifications and enhancements may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the invention is not to be limited except as by the appended claims. 

1. A souvenir badge comprising a badge body and at least one positioning block for fastening to said badge body to secure said badge body to an external object, wherein said badge body is made of a magnetically attractive material, comprising a head and at least one stem perpendicularly extending from a bottom side of said head for piercing said external object; each said positioning block is a magnet member adapted to attract said badge body, each said positioning block comprising a positioning hole for receiving one said stem of said badge body.
 2. The souvenir badge as claimed in claim 1, wherein each said stem has a plain distal end remote from said head.
 3. The souvenir badge as claimed in claim 1, wherein each said stem has a round distal end remote from said head.
 4. The souvenir badge as claimed in claim 1, wherein each said stem has a free end terminating in a pointed tip.
 5. The souvenir badge as claimed in claim 1, wherein each said positioning block is embedded in said external object.
 6. The souvenir badge as claimed in claim 1, wherein said badge body comprises a plurality of stems perpendicularly extending from the bottom side thereof and spaced from one another at a predetermined distance.
 7. The souvenir badge as claimed in claim 1, wherein said external object is a sports cap.
 8. The souvenir badge as claimed in claim 1, wherein said external object is a clothe. 